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Eugenics: The choice for a superior generation
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  Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?
As an enlightened, modern parent, I try to be as involved as possible in the lives of my six children. I encourage them to join team sports. I attend their teen parties with them to ensure no drinking or alcohol is on the premises. I keep a fatherly eye on the CDs they listen to and the shows they watch, the company they keep and the books they read. You could say I'm a model parent. My children have never failed to make me proud, and I can say without the slightest embellishment that I have the finest family in the USA.

Two years ago, my wife Carol and I decided that our children's education would not be complete without some grounding in modern computers. To this end, we bought our children a brand new Compaq to learn with. The kids had a lot of fun using the handful of application programs we'd bought, such as Adobe's Photoshop and Microsoft's Word, and my wife and I were pleased that our gift was received so well. Our son Peter was most entranced by the device, and became quite a pro at surfing the net. When Peter began to spend whole days on the machine, I became concerned, but Carol advised me to calm down, and that it was only a passing phase. I was content to bow to her experience as a mother, until our youngest daughter, Cindy, charged into the living room one night to blurt out: "Peter is a computer hacker!"
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Dec 02, 2001
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  Why the Bombings Mean That We Must Support My Politics
Of course the World Trade Center bombings are a uniquely tragic event, and it is vital that we never lose sight of the human tragedy involved. However, we must also consider if this is not also a lesson to us all; a lesson that my political views are correct. Although what is done can never be undone, the fact remains that if the world were organised according to my political views, this tragedy would never have happened.  Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Sep 12th, 2001
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  Linux Zealot - The Internet's most controversial cartoon superhero
I am just about sick of the proliferation of lame unfunny poorly drawn web based cartoons.

It seems to be the case that anyone, regardless of artistic talent or wit can simply publish one of these atrocities, and inflict it on the long-suffering users of the Internet

I decided to strike back. One of my main loves in life is Linus Torrvaldee's shareware Linux operating system.

So I have drawn a gentle parody of some of the more extreme advocates of the OS I love.

Enjoy!

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Nov 28, 2001
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  An instance of Western cultural chauvinism
Reuters Health, in a story condescendingly titled Superstitious May Increase Their Risk of Death, reports on research reported in the British Medical Journal that suggests that Chinese and Japanese in the USA are at greater risk of dying of a heart attack on the 4th day of the month, a day traditionally regarded as unlucky by people from both cultures.  Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Jun 03, 2002
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  Goths and Vampirism - A final solution?
Goths are well known to be a troubled, sombre people. They are common in our cities, schools and even universities, dressed in black, the colour of evil, and forming strange cliques that no normal person can penetrate or even understand. As the many incidents of school violence in America today have shown, Goths can be very dangerous, because they worship a certain type of evil and have no respect for the rule of law.  Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Jul 16, 2001
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  Book Review: A pair of holiday novels
As I was driving home this evening I saw my first Christmas light display of the season, located in a suburban strip mall. Nothing excites me more than seeing shopkeepers really getting into the holiday spirit by hanging lights only a couple weeks after Halloween, and during this otherwise troubling time we really need to have our thoughts turned towards happier things.

One of my fondest memories of Christmases past, and a tradition I intend to uphold, is curling up in front of the Yule log with a good book. This year we have two new holiday-themed novels to help us while away those blustery winter evenings in pure escapist bliss.
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Nov 16, 2001
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  The Scriptural Proof of Extraterrestrial Life
The idea of intelligent civilizations beyond the planet Earth has always captivated Mankind. It has been romanticized by science fiction authors, journalists, philosophers, and even spiritual leaders. But even the most enthusiastic believers in extraterrestrial life claim that it's unlikely that we will ever know "for sure" if intelligent life exists in the Cosmos, at least in our lifetimes.

Or is it?

I believe that intelligent civilizations do exist elsewhere in the Universe; futhermore, I believe that their existence can be proven. And to prove it, we need to do nothing more than turn to Scripture.
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Jul 19, 2001
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  Amateur Golf and the Computer Criminal
It is a certainty today that any journalist, co-worker or friend who uses the word "hacker" to describe a computer criminal will be ritualisticly hectored by dogmatic computer enthusiasts with tedious stories of the allegedly benign origins of the word "hacker." Sometimes these origins are ascribed to the MIT railroad club of the 1950s, and sometimes they are placed earlier, in the engineering side of the American industrial home front of World War II. Regardless of historical location, the mythology so presented is consistent in its insistence that the word was wholly positive in every aspect, devoid of any negative connotation whatsoever. By the early 1980s, however, the word was being used by computer enthusiasts to describe the criminal element in their midst, a usage that the press picked up as computers spread into the home and the public consciousness. How did this apparent change come about? The answer, I believe, lies in the game of golf.  Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Jun 13, 2002
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  Enough already! Ban programming.
Programming computers is, for practically everyone, something done far away in exotic software engineering facilities by a priesthood of ultra-specialized, half-mad obsessive-compulsives. This is as it should be, and it is where we get the software we use every day to do our online banking, send email, and get productive work done. Though few normal people have any experience of it, or know anyone who does it, there is another kind of programming performed outside this legitimate sphere, one that you probably assumed was illegal, but shockingly, is not.  Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Oct 11th, 2001
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  Electronica: The threat to our youth
A few months ago I was relaxing in front of the TV, enjoying another night of quality American programming, when I started to hear dull thuds coming from my son's bedroom upstairs. I rushed upstairs, fearing the worse, but when I came to his room there was no masked intruder, only some awful monotonous racket coming from his stereo system! Now, as the parent of a teenage son I've gone through any number of my son's phases, and at first I thought this was just another thing I'd have to put up with, like Marilyn Manson T-shirts or Brittany Spears posters, and it'd be over in six months time, ready for the next "cool" thing.

But that was only the start of it. Soon after, my son started attending "raves" in the area, all-night parties where they play "electronica", a form of music characterised by repetitive beats and electronic noises. When he came back he was both tired and irritable, and I noticed his standards of behaviour declining. Even during the week he would be snappy and rude, and it got to the point where we'd argue constantly.

By this time I was seriously worried. So, as a concerned parent I made a concerted effort to discover why my son had changed so drastically. Seeing as the only thing that had changed was his new-found love of electronic music and raves, I decided to do some investigating. Soon, I was shocked and appalled, for what had seemed at first a relatively harmless interest was exposed as a dangerous and depraved lifestyle known for sucking in innocents and destroying their lives! Below, I shall reveal what I have learned in the hope of informing other parents of the perils out there.
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Sep 14, 2001
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